Dark Chocolate and Almond Covered Strawberries

Dark Chocolate and Almond Covered Strawberries is a side dish that serves 4. One serving contains 148 calories, 3g of protein, and 11g of fat. For 88 cents per serving, this recipe covers 7% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have almonds, dark chocolate, kosher salt, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 32 minutes. This recipe from Eating Richly has 15 fans. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, paleolithic, and lacto ovo vegetarian diet. With a spoonacular score of 44%, this dish is solid. Try Dark Chocolate-Covered Strawberries, Prosecco Soaked Dark Chocolate Covered Strawberries, and Dark Chocolate Almond Butter Covered Pretzels for similar recipes.

Servings: 4

Preparation duration: 30 minutes

Cooking duration: 2 minutes

 

Ingredients:

¼ cup finely chopped almonds

2 ounces dark chocolate (I used 70%)

pinch of kosher salt

12 strawberries

Equipment:

microwave

bowl

toothpicks

skewers

Cooking instruction summary:

Rinse the strawberries and carefully pat them dry.Rough chop the chocolate and place in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave on high in 30 second intervals, stirring between each interval, until melted. It took 90 seconds total for me.Place the almonds in a small bowl and mix in the salt.Place a skewer or toothpick into the stem end of each strawberry. Dip the strawberry into the chocolate, and then the almonds.Stand strawberries up by poking the other end of the toothpick into something (I used a piece of styrofoam). You can also lay them on a parchment lined plate.Let sit at least 20 minutes to harden.

 

Step by step:


1. Rinse the strawberries and carefully pat them dry.Rough chop the chocolate and place in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave on high in 30 second intervals, stirring between each interval, until melted. It took 90 seconds total for me.

2. Place the almonds in a small bowl and mix in the salt.

3. Place a skewer or toothpick into the stem end of each strawberry. Dip the strawberry into the chocolate, and then the almonds.Stand strawberries up by poking the other end of the toothpick into something (I used a piece of styrofoam). You can also lay them on a parchment lined plate.

4. Let sit at least 20 minutes to harden.


Nutrition Information:

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147k Calories
3g Protein
10g Total Fat
11g Carbs
5% Health Score
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Calories
147k
7%

Fat
10g
16%

  Saturated Fat
3g
24%

Carbohydrates
11g
4%

  Sugar
5g
6%

Cholesterol
0.43mg
0%

Sodium
12mg
1%

Caffeine
11mg
4%

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Protein
3g
6%

Manganese
0.62mg
31%

Vitamin C
21mg
26%

Copper
0.36mg
18%

Vitamin E
2mg
17%

Magnesium
60mg
15%

Fiber
3g
13%

Iron
2mg
12%

Phosphorus
95mg
10%

Vitamin B2
0.11mg
6%

Potassium
219mg
6%

Zinc
0.79mg
5%

Calcium
39mg
4%

Folate
13µg
3%

Vitamin B3
0.59mg
3%

Vitamin B1
0.03mg
2%

Selenium
1µg
2%

Vitamin B6
0.04mg
2%

Vitamin K
1µg
2%

Vitamin B5
0.15mg
1%

covered percent of daily need
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